title: [Left S1+2+3 segmentectomy by using the auscultatory triangle thoracotomy].
abstract: We performed a left S1+2+3 segmentectomy by preserving latissimus dorsi muscle on 3 patients with primary lung cancer and measured pre-operative and post-operative respiratory function. During the 3 post-operative months, VC, FEV1.0, Peak flow and MVV recovered almost to the same level of pre-operative values, while DLCO did not recover sufficiently. Seroma should be ignored for the first 4 post-operative weeks unless infection appears, because seroma will be absorbed naturally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagaoka Central General Hospital, Niigata, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Souma
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirahara
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D012119:Respiration; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*